Gränsfors Bruk

Gränsfors Bruk has been producing axes in the village of Gränsfors, in Hälsingland, Sweden since 1902. Gränsfors Bruk has dedicated itself to producing handcrafted, exceptionally made high quality axes in an environmentally responsible and sustainable way.

This is manifest initially through Gränsfors’ decision to make a long lasting, heirloom quality tool: by increasing the lifespan of their product, one needs less materials and produces less waste by having to replace worn, broken, or dysfunctional tools.

All of Gränsfors’ axes are forged by professional smiths. The proof of their professionalism is that they are able to forge axes with such precision that no supplementary work to hide mistakes in the forging is needed. Often times additional grinding, polishing and painting accompanies substandard forging when producing tools. This increases the materials, energy, and (in the case of painting) chemical footprint of the product. By forging the axes heads to such a high standard, not only is a better axe head made, but the environmental benefits increase also.

These benefits are also present in the choice of handle materials. By choosing wood (a renewable resource), the use and disposal of epoxies and solvents in the creation and production of synthetic handles is removed also, making for better working conditions (no more masks and ventilators), and providing product better end of life integration for the product. A Gränsfors axe is made of a steel axe head, a wooden handle, wooden handle wedge, and steel staple - that’s it.

Each Gränsfors axe comes stamped with the initials of the smith who forged it - this formalizes the connection between the maker and his product, and the consumer and the maker - thereby connecting each axe and axe owner with the craft and tradition at Gränsfors:

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SKU: 4031

The Gränsfors Bruks Axe File is a handy, compact file that's perfect for re-profiling, or removing dings and nicks from an axe edge. The axe file can be used to sharpen an axe to mid-level sharpness before moving on to a stone or diamond to apply a razor finish.

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SKU: 490-2

The Gransfors Double Bit Felling Axe is one of two amazing Gransfors double-bit axes. As with all of Gransfors products, it is of excellent quality; hand-forged and made using traditional Swedish methods. Each axe head comes individually stamped with the smith's initials, while the hickory handle is boiled in linseed oil and rolled in bees wax for a smooth water repellant finish.. The Double Bit Felling Axe has a 35" handle with swelled knob and excels as a working axe for felling & trimming. It comes with a 3 lb head and a 6" face. A beautifully balanced working tool as all Gransfors axes are.

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SKU: 413

A small little hatchet for quite heavy work is easily packed in a backpack, a toolbox or carried on the belt. Can be used as an axe or a knife, for cutting small branches, chopping and splitting sticks for a campfire, artistic wood carving etc.

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SKU: 410

The Gränsfors Mini Belt Hatchet is neither a tomahawk nor a scaled down axe. It is a functional new design by Lennart Pettersson. It is hand forged of high carbon Swedish steel and tempered at the bit to a hardness of 57 Rockwell C.

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SKU: 425

The Outdoor Axe is a small, lightweight hatchet sized axe designed to have numerous uses: limbing trees, chopping and splitting firewood, and also as a heavy knife for woodcarving or simply cutting food. Despite its small stature, the Outdoor Axe can even be used for felling trees when kneeling, thanks to its relatively long handle and heavy head.

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SKU: 420

The Small Forest Axe is the same size as the Hunter's Axe but with a more traditional pattern and poll. The blade is thin. The handle is long enough to allow powerful chopping but not too long so it will fit into a ruck sack, the back of a car or a boat.

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SKU: 441

Can be managed with one hand. Forged and ground to a concave, quite thin blade at the bit. This design helps the axe to go fast into the wood - and then split efficiently when the thicker part hits and pushes apart the wood